Recoil-pad for gun-stocks.



v J. -s. fin. REGOIL PAD FOR GUN STOCKS. APPLIGATIOK FILED MAR.18,-1914.

Patented B61129, 1914.

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JAMES SOUTH DAY, OF NEW, ORLEANS, LOUIEXAKA.

REOOIL-PAD FOR GUN-STOCKS.

.-, lb al iwlwm it may concern:

"Be-it known thatl, JAMES SOUTH DAY, a cit iZen of the United States, residing at Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Recoil- Pads for (tun-Stocks, of which the follow inn; is a-specilication, reference being had t he accompanying drawings.

m ,Ihis invention relates to an improved re- 9 1 coil paid for firearms and has for its primary object to provide a device of this chart r adapted to be secured to the end of a gunstock for engagement With the shoulder hemarksnian, whereby shock or jar and esultant-injury to the shoulder is eii'ectually obviated.

Y its morespeeifie aspect, the present intent nrembodies in its construction, a base o ard rubber or similar material adapted to; e rigidly secured to the end of a gun stock. and a relatively soft rubber cushion vulcanizet'l or otherwise secured upon said bag, o nd provided with air chambersv orpoelwtewvherehv said cushion is rendered hie lyresilieiit.

he invention has for a. still further object to provide a pneumatic recoil pad which may becasily and quickly applied to the .gun..;stock, irrespective of its form or construction and without necessitating the employment of skilled labor. 1

iilvith the above and other obje:

as will-become apparent as the r s in rvi'evv coiubinations, constructions and arrangements of parts as I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following .de-

scription and accompanying; drawing, in

which- Figure 1 is a section through the end of a gun stock having my improved recoil pad applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; 3 is a section similer'to Fig. 1, illustrating a slightly modified construction; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing" a still further modification. Referring in detail to the drawing and more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, 5 designates the butt end of a run stock. My improved recoil. pad embodies in its construction a. hard rubber base plate-6 and a relatively thick omparatively soft rubber cushioning pad7. This pad is preferably Specification oi'letters Patent. Application flied March is. 1914. Serial No. senses.

1'] ill. 56 proceeds, the invention consists in. certain Patented Dee. 29, 1914.

formed from sponge rubber eud ,hiis one face longitudinally curved to s ibstsin"tieli' conform to the curvature of z;' irksnnins shoulder upon which it is'adeptdto rest. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, I preferably construct this cushioning-- member 7 hollow to provide an air chamber 8. One of the end walls of this member is provided with a valve 9- through the me- ,5 dium of which said member may be inflated by means of a suitable air pump. In eddition to the air chamber '8 which provides an internal cushioning means when the same is supplied with air, I also form in. the base pvall, of the member/7 which'is vulcanized upon the rubber plate ii, a piuraiity of trans: versely extending air pockets 10. These pockets have free and open communi ion at their opposite ends with the utmosp ere, and while the same add to some extent tothe resiliency of the member 7, it will be understood that these latter external air pockets may be dispensed with if desired, in the use; of the pneumatic cushion. The hard rubber base plate 6 is provided adjacent its op osite ends with openings with which simi ar openings in the base Wall of the cushioning member 7 are adopted to coincide These openings receive the fastening screws v11 3;;

wvhich are threaded into the Wood. stock Between the heads of the screws and the wall of the soft rubber cushioning member 7 washer plates 12 are preferably arranged. The opposed wells of the cushioning memher are connected by the integrei tubes 13;, said tubes surrounding" screw receiving openings formed in the been weii of said member. The outer ends of th em. open and are adopted to reiac the sbeuic of 5 a screw driver which. i with the heads of the screws-'5 1,1 to i ecraire the pad to the gun v e pad. has thus been secured in plaee; he tubes 13 are closed by suitabie rubber plu gsiindicated we at 14. r

In Fig. 3 of the drawings. 1 have shown the cushioning member 7" of solid construc-. tion, said member howeveiflbeing also formed of sponge rubber which is vuieam 10.3 ized upon the comparatively herd base 6.

The cushioning member 7" is formed with add to the resiliency or said cushioning; member. It will be 1 marksman.

of a solid soft rubber cushion. The recoil,

pad shown in Fig. 3 is secured to the gun stock *in the same manner as the preferred form of the invention, the ends of the soft rubber cushion member 7 being provided with openings -13 extending entirely through the same and adapted to be closed by the rubber plugs 14-, after the device has been properly secured to the end of the gun stock. I

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I have illustrated still another modification, \vherein the hard rubber base plate (3 is '[n'ovided in its outer face with a" plurality of spaced transverse rectangular channels or grooves 16... Upon this base and extending-over said grooves the soft rubber cusl'iioning member 7 is arranged and vulcanized to said base. The pad is secured iipon the end of the gun stock as above explained and 'it' will be apparent that by the provision of the trans-- versely extending grooves or channels 16 in the hard rubber base, the soft cushioning 'Inemher 7* will enter said grooves and expel the air therefrom/upon the recoil ot' the gun, thus aliiserbingthe shock or jar which would otherwise be imparted to the shoulder of the Any one,v fthe several forms of the in 'vention a liove described will satisfactorily accomplish the ends lll view. The primary feature of course resides in-the provision'ojl the air pockets in the use of a solid rubber pad or the provision of the inflatable pneumatic pad.

My improved recoil pad may. be very easily and quickly applied to the end of the gun stock and effectually operates to protect the shoulder of the gunner against all liability of abrasion or in ury incident to the recoil of the gun. The device is extremely simple in its construction.

' \Vl iile I have above described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings the several preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the device is susceptible of still further n'iodilicatirnis and I therefore reserve the privilege of re sorting to all such legitimate changes as may he 'lairly-embodied within the spirit and scope ot the invention as claimed.

Having thus descril'ied the invention, what is claimcdis: z

1. A recoil padfor gun stockscomprising a hard rubber base plate adapted .lfor err gageinent with the gun stock, and a. relatively soft rubber padv secured upon said base and provided with a plurality of trans- \ers'ely extel'iding air )oclcels open at both ends to the atmosphere. l

2. A recoil pad for gun stocks including 1 a hard rubber base plate provided at its ends with screw receiving openings, at relatively soft hollow rubber cushion provided with tubular COIlIlCCtlOIlS between its opposite in: ils adjacent to each end thereof, the bores of which open upon one face of the cushion, the wall of the (JUiFlilOll at the other ends of said tub *s being provided with screw receiving openings adapted to registerwith same, the Wall of the pad 'which is opposed to the base plate being provided between the tubes with a plurality of transvesely extending air pockets, said pockets beingopen at their opposite ends to the atmosphere.

In testimony whereof I hereui'ito allix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES SOUTH nAY'.

\Vitnesses y J.- V. LANDRY,

R. L. ln'xrnnirron. 

